St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-08
During the Week There Has Been Nc
Change Of Consequence to Note
in Realty.
Sales Continue Active and the Market
Exhibits the Same, Firm, Steady
and Solid Front.
All Parts of the City Growing Steadily
and Regularly, With Prices
Steadily Improving.
Public improvements Well Under Way
---The Grading and Paving Of
Streets Everywhere.

The month of May opened with hail
storm unequalled in violence and de-
structive power in this city, but it
brought with it cooler weather and
pleasant and cooling temperature. The
market for realty, however, does not
seem to be materially affected by the
weather. 1t continues steady, strong
and improving. and without any appear
ance OF boom or any initiation element.
st. Paul, ever conservative, seems more
and more inclined to adhere to her slow
and steady ways than to make changes
Her citizens consent quietly to foot it
home" or to hang on to street ear straps,
while making tedious rides from their
places of business to their homes. Much
of the work that is designed to be com
pleted this season has been commenced,
and builders, graders, sewer contrac-
tors, and such like have men on their
contracts pushing them with VigOr
Buying and selling continues active in
nearly every district of the city. and it
is hardly safe to attempt to indicate any
special part of town as the point Of
greatest activity. The building season
is fully inauguratcd, and there are
more buildings now commenced than
was ever known in any one season at
this time. In every part of the business
center there are
EXCAVATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS
just prepared, or in course of prepare
ton, and the streets are more or less OBJ
Structed with piles of building materials.
In some parts of the city, especially
where large buildings are going up OH
opposite sides of the same street. the
public Is greatly inconVenienced by the
amount of building material that is de-
posted on the street. This is particu
Iarly noticeable where the street ears
are running. The two new buildings
to be erected on Jackson street, between
Fifth and Sixth streets. by Samuel
Mayall and DeCoSter IL Clark. and the
one on the southwest corner of Seventh
and Jackson streets, will cause much
delay and Inconvenience this summer;
also the heavy addition to the Ryan to
be made on Seventh street. Neither
Jackson or Seventh streets are very
wide and both are full of business and
have street ear tracks on them. The
only way for people to do is to be as pa
tient as possible and endure the incon-
venience. No one that has watched the
progress of the city can fail to note how
rapidly Fourth street is coming to the
front l.'. ..'t:....
As 4 BUSINESS STREET.
pioneers of buSineSS-the little, one
tory frame shops, saloons aud real
estate otficeS--are beginning tOmultiply
very rapidly between jackson and
WabaSha streets. On or near the cor
ners of Fourth and Wabasla, and also
on the corners of Fourth and Jackson,
are several of the most costly buildings
in st. Paul. On the corners of Cedar
and Fourth, and also on the corner of
Robert and Fourth, are very expensive
buildings. All the way between these
are great many little, rickety, cheap
structures in which quite large amount
business is transacted. Fourth, from
Jackson to WabaSha, is one of the most
rapidly growing streets in town. Multi
tudeS of new corners are crowding into
the city, and every renting Office is kept
busy answering the questions of those
who are seeking homes. The accOmmQ-
dations of the city will be taxed
to their utmost this season. Everything
seems to be full already with people
that have come here to live perma-
nently. and it is going to be very diff
ficult, if not impossible, to shelter the
crowd of summer visitors who will be
pouring in by July. SO far as can be
observed the activity this season is real
estate transactions, and building has
never been equaled in the history of the
city. South ST. Paul is alive with new
enterprises and building and improving
is going on at rate which no person
can understand unless visit is made to
that place of activity. Ne adequate idea
can be given of the work that is being
done there. 1t must be seen to be APP
preciated. The same activity is notice
able at the transfer, and at all the points
about st. Paul, both in the interior and
on the outskirts. so that the city to-day
from center to circumference is really
one vast hive of industry.